The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-08-13

ness OF every grdVe-IOr CnTlSL naln lain
there, and his coming forth signifies to
us that we need not be hopeless as to
any of the dead. They belong not to
the devil, but to him who has bought
them with his life; and in his own
good time will he raise them from the
deepest, darkest tombs of evil, and lift
them TO the land of light. The arch of
hope springs over every valley of death,
where lie the victims of sin; for how
ever desperate their state, however
fallen their condition, yet they we're in
Christ's thought and purpose on Cal
vary, and as surely as he tasted death
for every man, SO surely shall every
man reap all the benefits that were in
the design of the Father of all when he
sent forth his Son to be the brother
and redeemer of ALL"
This is Universalism, as clearly as
Universalism was ever proclaimed by
its most eloquent advocates. There is
no possibility of avoiding the conclu-
sion that, judging from Haddock's own
words, he had entirely outgrown the
old faith, and had come to believe in
the final restoration of all mankind.
The conclusion is forced upon us also,
that the manuscript volume is rich in
matter not yet published. We have
only the paragraphs given which en-
body the statement of Haddock's con-
clusions. The processes of thought
and reasoning which led to those con-
illusions, are there also, but they have
not been revealed. If Mr.. Frank G.
Haddock will place this manuscript in
the hands Of the Editor of THE UNI
vERsALIsT for examination, we shall
take pleasure in laying before our read
ers the entire argument Of Haddock's
Hell not Eternal" Justice to the
memory of Mr.. Haddock demands that
not only his conclusions as to the final
destiny of mankind be made known to
the public, but also the reasons for
those conclusions, and the lines of argu-
ment by which he reached them. In
terested as we are in the results of this
investigation, a still greater interest
would attach to the unfolding of the
argument by which the conclusions were
reached and sustained.
Our attention has been called to few
serious discrepancies in the sons nara
tive of his fathers enlarging faith. For
instance, in speaking of the fathers
preparation, in 1872, for the discussion
with Universalist clergyman, the son
says of the father that che read in
every direction on those SUBJECTS" that
''his library was literally numbered
with the vagaries of human thought"
This would imply that the father then
read on both sides Of the question at
that time; but such evidently was not
the case, for the father says in the
preface to his manuscript volume, that
up to about 1880, the beginning of his
ADMINISTRATION, he "had never read a
work or heard discourse opposed to
these IDEAS" that is opposed to future
probation and endless misery. So the
reading in all directions in 1872 must
have been reading in only one direction,
probably the controversial works on the
orthodox side. And "the vagaries of
human thought" with which his library
was at that time Numbered, !" must have
been exclusively the vagaries of ortho-
dox thought.
Again, the son represents that after
the father had come to believe that all
would be finally saved, he found difficult
ties in that belief and modified it, ac-
cepting instead, the idea that very
few would be annihilated. But here
the son does not give one syllable Of
proof that the father ever found any
difficulty in holding to his Universal
ism, nor one syllable of proof that the
father ever changed his views so as to
favor the doctrine of the final annihila-
ton of a very few. The son was bound
to prove these things, or to give some
evidence beyond his mere assertion, or
else say nothing about them.
Once more; the son also expresses the
opinion that the loss, or humiliation OF
single soul, or of very few, would
be loss infinitely small; and tries to
convey by implication that this was
also the fathers final belief, of which he
offers not one syllable of proof.
An examination of the manuscript
would, no doubt, clear up these points,
and give us the needed information as
to the genesis and progressive develop
ment Of Haddock's opinions. We trust
that the privilege of inspecting the
manuscript will not be withheld, and
that Frank G. Haddock will permit
THE UNIvERsALIsT to complete the
work which he has so well begun, and
allow us to have the whole argument
of his revered father on this intensely
interesting subject.
THE CONSULTATIONS OF SCI
ENCE."
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